These Regulations make incidental, consequential, transitional and supplemental provision for the purposes of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”.

In the period commencing on 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st September 1999 (“the relevant period”) local education authorities are to be responsible for the maintenance of grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools save that they will have the power but not the duty to meet capital expenditure in respect of such schools.

Certain provisions in the 1998 Act regarding the financing of schools and school government are modified so that they apply in relation to the relevant period to categories of schools in the Education Act 1996.

Modifications are also made to the effect of section 107(5) of the 1998 Act (regarding grammar school ballots), section 494 of the Education Act 1996, as substituted by the 1998 Act (regarding transfers of funds between local education authorities in respect of excluded pupils) and Schedule 2 to the Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997.